The McMaster Children's Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 105227623RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,754,594) as filed with the CRA.
The McMaster Children's Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We operate a child care centre that run 5 days a week. 51 weeks of the year for children of 18 months to 5 years of age to provide care and to educate the children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $879K | $926K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $1.1M | — | — | — | — | $410K |
| 2021 | $695K | — | — | — | — | $499K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $418K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Davis (president); Lauren Bahrami (vice president); Lisa Giles (secretary); Joanne Messina (executive director); Sarah Grifttani (board member); Steve Shapka (board member); Jessica Marcellus (treasurer); Dilys McLlveen (assistant director); Lauren Mercier (board member); Christine Porterfield (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The McMaster Children's Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105227623RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.